Just as we enjoy seeing our favorite entertainers perform on stage giving their best performance to wow fans and crowd, we are just excited to know that some of them have excelled in different international competitions, here and abroad.
Sarah Geronimo — Best Filipino Act in the 10th daf Bama Music Awards in Hamburg, Germany.
Julie Anne San Jose — Silver Global Sound for her self-composed Tidal Wave in the 12th International Song Contest.
Darlin Joy Baje — First Prize in the first ASEAN+3 Song Contest in Vietnam. Darlin is an OFW in Vietnam. Her winning number was One Night Only from the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls.
Krissha Viaje — Champion in the Asian leg of the I Can Sing Japanese competition hosted by GEM TV Asia in Singapore.
Cipriano de Guzman Jr. — First Place, Classical Repertoire in the College Students and Professional Singers category in the ninth American Protégé International Vocal Competition in Carnegie Hall, New York.
UP Los Baños Choral Ensemble — Grand Prize in the 10th Oriental Concentus International Choral Festival in Singapore.
Durian Dance Team of Davao — Gold Prize in the sixth International Youth Fellowship World Cultural Dance Festival in South Korea.
Team Philippines — Fifty-eight Gold, 99 Silver, 48 Bronze, 22 division plaques, seven industry awards including Senior Grand Champion Performer of the World (for Cristiani Rebada), Junior Grand Champion Performer of the World (Nhikzy Calma) and Grand Champion Vocalist of the World (Hannah Korin Castillo) in the 21st World Championships of Performing Arts in Long Beach, California.
Dance Theater Arts — (Twenty-four Gold, 12 Silver and five Bronze medals) and Saint Benilde Romancon Dance Company (five Golds and two Silvers) in the 29th Hong Kong Challenge Cup Dance Competition.
*Source: FunFare by Ricky Lo.